Patriot after all 1940-1941

Informationen zum Autor Eric Arthur Blair - better known as George Orwell - was born on 25 June 1903 in Bengal. He was educated at Eton and then served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He lived in Paris for two years, and then returned to England where he worked as a private tutor, schoolteacher and bookshop assistant. He fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and was wounded in the throat. During the Second World War he served as Talks Producer for the Indian Service of the BBC and then joined Tribune as its literary editor. He died in London in January 1950. Klappentext Eric Arthur Blair - better known as George Orwell - was born on 25 June 1903 in Bengal. He was educated at Eton and then served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He lived in Paris for two years, and then returned to England where he worked as a private tutor, schoolteacher and bookshop assistant. He fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and was wounded in the throat. During the Second World War he served as Talks Producer for the Indian Service of the BBC and then joined Tribune as its literary editor. He died in London in January 1950. Zusammenfassung Volume 12 of The Complete Works of George OrwellFor the twenty-month period of this volume, there are reproduced 123 book, 38 theatre, and 43 film reviews.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: George Orwell
• Edition: Harvill Secker
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 07.09.2000
• Catégorie: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Essais, chroniques, critiques littéraires, entreti; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée
• EAN: 9780436205408
• ISBN: 978-0-436-20540-8
• Nombre de pages: 608
• Dimensions (emballage): 15,4 x 23,4 x 3,2 cm
• Thème: Secker
• Catégories: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Prose: non-fiction, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary essays, Biography and non-fiction prose, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000